Ceiling Painting from the Tomb Chapel of Senenmut
Description
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1458 B.C. Mud plaster, paint. Unframed: H. 17 × W. 44 cm (6 11/16 × 17 5/16 in.) Framed: H. 24.4 × W. 51.7 × D. 6.5 cm, 13.1 kg (9 5/8 × 20 3/8 × 2 9/16 in., 28.8 lb.). From: Tomb of Senenmut (TT 71), Ceiling south of axial beam of front hall, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1923. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1923.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
Fragment of a painted plaster ceiling panel showing decorative bands and stylized figures/rosettes in bright colors.
The image shows a curved plaster fragment with the edge preserved, consistent with a ceiling element. A red geometric border runs along the top edge, including repeating triangular/chevron motifs. In the field, there are stylized elements in orange, red, yellow, turquoise/blue, and white, including a large circular/rosette-like form at center with radiating segments (blue rays) and adjacent red-orange shapes suggesting portions of a figure or emblem. On the right side, a vertical yellow-orange panel and blue markings appear, but the full iconography is cut off and cannot be securely read. No clear hieroglyphic text, cartouches, or Greek/Coptic/Arabic inscriptions are visible in this image. The depicted style appears consistent with New Kingdom painted wall/ceiling decoration, though specific named identifications are not reliably ascertainable from the fragment alone.
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